†family Plectoconchidae Dagys 1974 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Plectoconchidae

Parent taxon: Loboidothyridoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Alabushevothyrididae, Boreiothyrididae, Cheirothyropsidae, Cheniothyrididae, Clathrithyrididae, Dictyothyrididae, Dienopidae, Eplenyithyris, Goniothyridinae, Harpotothyrididae, Hesperithyrididae, Heterobrochinae, Jaisalmeria, Kendzhilgithyris, Lissajousithyrididae, Loboidothyrididae, Lobothyrididae, Lobothyroides, Magharithyris, Mametothyrididae, Muirwoodellidae, Naradanithyris, Neumayrithyris, Pamirothyris, Peristerothyris, Postepithyrididae, Psebajithyridinae, Rugithyris, Sogxianthyris, Spasskothyrididae, Taurothyris, Tchegemithyrididae, Tegulithyrididae, Triadithyrididae, Trichothyris, Trigonithyrididae, Tshemsarythyris, Viallithyris, Weldonithyris

Subtaxa: Lychnothyris Merophricus Plectoconcha

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Type: Plectoconcha

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Gibraltar (3 collections), Greece (1), Hungary (10), Indonesia (1), Italy (5), Morocco (2), Portugal (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (2)

• Triassic of United States (19: Nevada)

Total: 45 collections including 47 occurrences

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